/ ˈpɪkʌp; NAmE / noun , adjective
■ noun
1.
(also ˈpickup truck ) [ C ] a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmers
2.
[ C ] a person sb meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship :
casual pickups
3.
[ C ] pickup (in sth) an improvement :
a pickup in the housing market
4.
[ U , C ] an occasion when sb/sth is collected :
Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.
5.
[ C ] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals
6.
[ U ] ( NAmE ) a vehicle's ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)
■ adjective
[ only before noun ] ( NAmE ) ( of a sports game ) often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in :
A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.